The Hail Mary

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Excerpted from Living the Eucharistic Day Campaign Handbook, 2019
  • The wondrous message of the Most Holy Trinity delivered by the archangel to Mary.
  • The words of the prayer are most beautiful and most simple.
  • St. Jerome: “The words of the Hail Mary are so sublime that no human intelligence is capable of adequately explaining them.”

Bible’s Source

  • Angel’s greeting: “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee…”
  • Elizabeth words inspired by the Holy Spirit: “Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.”

We render to God the highest praise and return Him most gracious thanks, because He has bestowed all His heavenly gifts on the most holy Virgin.

Catechism’s Source

  • St. Petrus Canisius in his Catechism in 1555 and the Catechism of the Council of Trent in 1566 added: “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners.”
  • The Church also added: “Now and at the hour of our death. Amen.”

We should earnestly implore Mother Mary’s help and assistance; for that she possesses exalted merits with God, and that she is most desirous to assist us by her prayers.

The Last Four Things

  • Death: everyone dies (in grace or in mortal sin)
  • Judgment: reward or punishment (even for very little things)
    • Saved: belong to God; or
    • Damned: belong to devil
  • Heaven: eternal reward (nothing is happier)
  • Hell: eternal punishment (nothing is more miserable)

Two Important Moments of Life

  • The present moment (the most precious time)
  • The hour of death (the most important time)
    • “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.”

Every time we say the Hail Mary, we pray for a happy death (to die in grace).

Intention of the three Hail Mary in the Morning

  • We ask for the three theological virtues: Faith, Hope, and Love.
  • We also ask Mary for the virtue of Chastity.

Intention of the three Hail Mary at Night

  • We ask for the reparation of sins: of ourselves, of our relatives, and of the whole world.


See also

Living the Eucharistic Day

References

The above article is excerpted from Living the Eucharistic Day Campaign Handbook, 2019